Cooking utensil.



PATENTED JUNE 11, 1907. J. BEHRINGER. COOKING UTBNSIL.

lrruouxon FILED rsn.1s, 1907.

UNITED saunas PATENT orrron.

JOHN BEIIRINGER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COOKING UTENSIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented June 11, 1907.

Application filed February 15, 1907. Serial No. 357,452.

and useful Improvements in Cooking Utensils, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying "drawing.

This invention relates to cooking utensils,

and the invention has for its object to provide a novel form of skilletfor cooking and preparing food whereby danger of burning the food duringthe cooking operation is reduced to a minimum.

Another objectof this invention is to provide a cooking utensil having arevoluble receptacle for food adapted to facilitate the thorough cookingof food placed therein.

To this end, I have devised a cooking utensil having an auxiliaryrevoluble food receptacle which is detachably held, whereby the same canbe easily and quickly removed for cleansing purposes, yet held inengagement with the utensil when the same is not being used. Inthisconnection, my improved cooking utensil is designed for unevenheating mediums, where a portion of food such as meat is liable to becooked or finished upon one edge previous to its opposite edge, thusnecessitating the moving of the food in order to insure all parts beingequally cooked and prepared.

My invention aims to obviate the necessity of moving a portion of foodsuch as meat during its preparation, thus retaining the juice or essenceof the food until its preparation has been completed.

The detail construction of my improved cooking utensil will behereinafter more fully described and then specifically pointed out inthe appended claims, and referring to the drawing forming part of thisspecification, like numerals of reference designate corresponding partsthroughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation ofmy improved cooking utensil, Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of thesame partly in elevation and partly broken away, Fig. 3 is a plan of thecooking utensil partly broken away.

To put my invention into practice, I construct my improved utensil of aring or annulus 1 having inclined side walls 2 provided with aconventional form of handle 3. Revolubly supported upon the side walls 2of the annulus or ring 1 is a receptacle 4 corresponding to an ordinaryfrying pan, said receptacle being revolubly supported by rollers 5carried by said receptacle, said rollers being flanged as at 6 toprevent the receptacle from contacting with the side walls 2 of theannulus or ring 1.

The inner upper edges of the receptacle 4 are serrated or notched as at7, whereby a fork, knife or similar instrument can be e1nployed forrotating the receptacle 4, the instrument being placed in one of theserrations 7 to rotate the receptacle 4.

The bottom of the receptacle 4 will be subjected to the action of thefire over which the cooking utensil is placed, and in order to retainsaid receptacle in engagement with the annulus or ring 1 when the sameis moved, I provide the side walls 2 of the annulus or ring 1 with anupwardly extending bracket 8 carrying a revoluble roller 9 adapted tobear upon the upper edges of the receptacle 4. The revoluble roller 9 ispreferably located diametrically opposite the handle 3, and in order tohold the receptacle adjacent to the handle, I provide said handle with abell crank lever pivotally connected to the handle 3 as at 11, andhaving the long arm 10 thereof normally held in a substantiallyhorizpntal position by a spring 12 carried by hand e 3. lever isprovided with a movable pin 15 adapted to engage the upper edge of thereceptacle I, opposite the roller 9 and hold said receptacle upon theannulus or ring 1 when the same is tilted or moved.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawing, itwill be observed that I have devised a simple and inexpensive cookingutensil normally supported in a revoluble position, whereby the same canbe easily and quickly moved to insure a perfect preparation of foodplaced within said receptacle.

It is obvious that the pivoted bell crank lever can be dispensed withwhere it is not desired to retain the cooking utensil in engagement withthe annulus or ring 1, and while I have employed the flanged rollers 5for supporting and spacing the cooking utensil upon the annulus or ring1, I desire it to be understood that other mechanical equivalents can bereadily employed, and such other changes as are permissible by theappended claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spiritand scope of the invention.

The shorter arm 14 of said bell crank I/Vhat I claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1.. A cooking utensil embodying a ring having inclined sides, a handlecarried thereby, a receptacle revolubly mounted upon the up per edges ofsaid ring, and having inner serrated edges, a revoluble roller supportedby the side walls of said ring and engaging the upper edges of saidreceptacle, a pivoted bell crank lever carried by said handle, a movablepin carried by the shorter arm of said lever and adapted to overlie theupper edges of said receptacle, a spring carried by said handle fornormally holding said pin out of en gagement with said receptacle, andmeans to normally hold said receptacle out of engagement with the sidewalls of said ring.

2. A cooking utensil embodying a ring having side walls, a handlecarried thereby, a receptacle revolubly mounted upon the upper edges ofsaid side walls, means carried by said side walls and said handle fornormally holding said receptacle in engagement with said ring, and meansfor preventing said receptacle from contacting with the side walls ofsaid ring.

3. In a cooking utensil, a ring having upwardly extending side walls, apan mounted within the side walls, revoluble supports carried by saidpan engaging the upper edge of the side walls, a handle carried by thering, a bracket carried by the ring at the side opposite the handle, aroller supported by said bracket and overlying the rim of the pan, andmeans carried by said handle also overlying the rim of the pan, saidmeans and said roller maintaining the pan on the ring when revolved.

4. In a cooking utensil, a ring having upwardly extending side walls, apan mounted to revolve within the side walls, flanged rollers carried bysaid pan resting on the rim of said side walls, and means overlying therim of said pan for retaining the same in proper position within thering while being revolved.

5. In a cooking utensil, a ring provided with an upwardly extending sidewall, a pan mounted to be revolved around within the side wall, supportscarried by said pan travcling on the rim of said side wall, a handlecarried by said ring, and means carried by said handle projecting overthe rim of the pan to hold the latter in position while being revolved.

6. In a cooking utensil, a ring, provided with upwardly extending sidewalls, a pan mounted for rotation within the side walls and having aserrated edge, supports secured to the periphery of the pan to rest andtravel on the rim of said side Walls as the pan is rotated, and meansoverlying the rim of the pan to maintain said supports in engagementwith the rim of the side walls as the pan is rotated.

7. In a cooking utensil, a ring provided with upwardly extending sidewalls, a pan mounted for rotation within the side walls, and rollerscarried bythe periphery of said pan for supporting the same andtraveling on the rim of the side walls as the pan is rotated.

In testimony whereof I a'ffix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN BEHRINGER.

Witnesses:

JOHN BERNIER, JOSEPH MIKEs,

